Donald D. Markstein (Don) was the most active of the DeLasalle High School fan enclave. Between about 1966 and 1969 a strong string of proto-fen attended and graduated from that school. While the prime interest of that group was rooted in Comics Fandom a large percentage crossed over to Science Fiction Fandom joining NOSFA and attending local, regional, and Worldcons in support of the New Orleans in 1973 Worldcon bid. He won the 1978 Rebel Award and was GoH at Nutria Con.